Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is the use of oxygen at increased atmospheric pressure. It is a non-invasive, painless procedure that improves the body's natural healing process. The patient inhales 100% oxygen in a total body chamber where atmospheric pressure is increased and controlled. Today, patients are treated in either monoplace chambers or multiplace chambers.
Physicians learn at the bedside through “teaching moments” encountered when interacting with patients. The majority of the available products do not replicate this approach. A conventional textbook is formatted in a hierarchical and linear fashion, and newer web-based resources are informative and non-hierarchical but do not address information in a practical, patient-focused approach. The optimal way to learn is to see the aspects of management demonstrated in a clinical context. Hence, the approach of this text will use case presentations, which are illustrative of key management principles. Additionally, principles of management can be divided into conventional management and into aspects of care which are more controversial.
Written by experts in the field, Evidence-Based Hyperbaric Medicine provides evidence-based, practical, helpful information for anyone involved in Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. It covers the physiologic principles that constitute the basis for understanding the basic principles, clinical implications and treatment applications. Different applications of HBOT are discussed as well as recent advances, research and new therapeutic approaches.
Physicians learn at the bedside through “teaching moments” encountered when interacting with patients. The majority of the available products do not replicate this approach. A conventional textbook is formatted in a hierarchical and linear fashion, and newer web-based resources are informative and non-hierarchical but do not address information in a practical, patient-focused approach. The optimal way to learn is to see the aspects of management demonstrated in a clinical context. Hence, the approach of this text will use case presentations, which are illustrative of key management principles. Additionally, principles of management can be divided into conventional management and into aspects of care which are more controversial.
Written by experts in the field, Evidence-Based Hyperbaric Medicine provides evidence-based, practical, helpful information for anyone involved in Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. It covers the physiologic principles that constitute the basis for understanding the basic principles, clinical implications and treatment applications. Different applications of HBOT are discussed as well as recent advances, research and new therapeutic approaches.
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Chapter 1. History of Hyperbaric and Diving Medicine.- Chapter 2. Physical and physiological aspects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy.- Chapter 3. Toxic Effect of Hyerbaric Breathing Gas Mixture.- Chapter 4. Cardiovascular Changes during Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.-Chapter 5. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in pregnancy.- Chapter 6. Safety in Hyperbaric Medicine.- Chapter 7. Evidence-Based Hyperbaric Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Application.- Chapter 8. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in the Management of Gas Embolism.- Chapter 9. Recommended Indications: Carbon Monoxide Poisioning.- Chapter 10. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections.- Chapter 11. Refractory Osteomyelitis.- Chapter 12. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Burns.- Chapter 13. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Hearing Loss.- Chapter 14. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) in Diabetes Mellitus.- Chapter 15. Diabetic and Ischemic Wound.-Chapter 16. Hyperbaric Oxgyen Therapy for Diabetic Foot Ulcers.- Chapter 17. Compromised Grafts and Flaps.- Chapter 18. Recommended Indications - Intracranial Abcess.- Chapter 19. Hyperbaric Medicine in Critical Care.- Chapter 20. Clinical Evaluation of Patients Proposed to Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Contraindications.- Chapter 21. The Effect of High Pressures on Human Body Physiology.- Chapter 22. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT): Role of Pressure.- Chapter 23. Complications of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy - Oxygen toxicity.
